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Job 21:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

It may denote her diligence in working; who, as she rises early in the morning, Pr 31:15, so sits up late at night, and is never weary of well doing, night and day. Ambrose interprets it of the lamp of hope, which burns in the night, and by and for which men work, Ro 8:24.

hrn "lucerna ejus", V. L.

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